Daniel Jocz
"Work" Ring

"Work" Ring

© Daniel Jocz

"Work" Ring
"Work" Ring
ArtistAmerican, born 1943
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Work" Ring
  • from the Ceremonies of the City series 1988
Date1988
MediumSterling silver and 14k yellow and pink gold
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 × 1 × 1 1/2 in. (3.8 × 2.5 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3837
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Amulet and Talisman," Museum im Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, 1988–1989.

"Jeweleries: Epiphanies," Artist Foundation, Boston, 1990.

"Americky Sperk," Umeleckopumyslove Museum V Praze, Prague, 1991.

"Daniel Jocz, Uncommon Sense: A Retrospective Exhibition 1984-2000," Belk Gallery, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, March 13–April 14, 2000; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, May 21–August 8, 2000; Rosenwald Wolf Gallery, University of The Arts, Philadelphia, March 19–April 8, 2001; Gallery of Art & Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, August 16–September 30, 2001.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"JOCZ / STERLING / 14k" stamped on base of ring

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